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[ickwinzs]

Man I saw this coming, Way to act quickly on this guy!

[kobra65]

He reached out to me several times with books, claiming the seller(s) needed to sell their books. Seems most deals he does are broker deals with the books being from other people.

[Point Five]

On 4/13/2024 at 10:14 AM, kobra65 said:

Seems most deals he does are broker deals with the books being from other people.

"Broker" is doing a heavy lift in that sentence.   

The guy is a constant dumpster fire and was already banned from some of the GA Facebook groups. I watched in real time as a seller discovered he was listing their four-figure book as his own without their knowledge.

 

[87richarm]

For those not on IG.

 

A seller sold a grail book (ASM 1) to another IG user "Ken". However Ken's payment came from "silverage UK".  Seller thought it was strange but "Ken" basically said that it was a friend and he needed help on PayPal.

Seller though received the money so thought he was okay to ship. He shipped.  The next morning he wakes up to a Large negative balance in PayPal. 

Apparently PayPal told him that a case was opened by "Silverage UK" and the funds were taken back. So seller has tried to stop the shipment.

 

Now "Silverage UK" is saying the bank stopped the payment and he tried to fix it. However it was after this all blew up.

 

Seller asked for a video call with "ken" and "silver age UK" to prove they are different people but they refused.

 

 

 

For the record with Silver Age UKs history of trying to sell books that weren't his; than buying them after basically a form of short selling. My guess is he had a buyer looking for ASM 1. Thought he had a deal and jumped on this one. His buyer backed out so he backed out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Delzy]

Ah, the old slippery "secret arbitrage". Anyone who pulls this is not legitimate and should be shunned and banned from return. Imagine selling things and accepting money before you own the thing you just sold.. what could go wrong??!?!?

[DST]

On 4/12/2024 at 8:57 PM, KCOComics said:

For those of us without Instagram can someone post screen shots of the ASM 1 issue?

[newshane]

Just another reason to ditch PayPal. 

[AndyFish]

PayPal is the worst.   For something big ticket, I mail a check.   I don't mind waiting until everything clears, but it's far safer than this.

[KCOComics]

On 4/14/2024 at 2:44 PM, AndyFish said:

PayPal is the worst.   For something big ticket, I mail a check.   I don't mind waiting until everything clears, but it's far safer than this.

Not a sarcastic question,  but how is it safer? 

Do the banks step in to stop / reverse checks when there are disputes like this? 

I have always used PP G/S for people I didn't know, thinking if things went South I would have more protection. 

[AndyFish]

I've had deals go south with PP G&S-- in fact I have a business account so I can't send payments F&F and I've still had two occasions where PP stuck me.   As a buyer usually buy things from either people I know or in person, so it's a cash transaction.   

Checks can be bad too-- that's for sure-- but don't fall for a super rush deal-- in fact as soon as someone starts telling me there is something time sensitive about the deal my Spidey Sense goes off.   I don't deposit something like that with my phone or an ATM, I make an appointment with my bank branch manager and they have avenues where they can call and confirm the check is or isn't legit and I STILL wait until it's cleared when I'm selling and if I'm buying I'm patient.

 

 

 

[thehumantorch]

Scum is scum

[Delzy]

Back about a decade or more ago, there were a bunch of boutique pinball machine manufacturers that were taking deposits on games that hadn't even been designed yet. After about a year, people started trying to get their deposits back and the only ones who were successful were those that used american express through paypal. When paypal told them all to pound sand, amex made a few of them whole.. but not all IIRC. Always fund your paypal purchases with amex and if you dispute, you will usually get your money back and also they close your account. I do not know if anyone pursues collections. Take this for what it worth (which I assume is only slightly more than you paid for it).